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Backpackers: The need for reconceptualisation

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  • Dayour, Frederick
  • Kimbu, Albert N.
  • Park, Sangwon

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Indubitably, an eclectic body of academic literature exists on backpacking dating back from the start of the 1990s. However, the characterisation of backpackers in several studies points evidently to incongruities among researchers. Consequently, there is as yet no standard operational criteria for defining backpackers. Ergo, this paper reviews the existing literature in tourism and rouses the need to rethink the definition of a backpacker for valid data gathering.

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  • Dayour, Frederick & Kimbu, Albert N. & Park, Sangwon, 2017. "Backpackers: The need for reconceptualisation," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 191-193.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:66:y:2017:i:c:p:191-193
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2017.06.004
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    1. Zhang, Jingru & Tucker, Hazel & Morrison, Alastair M. & Wu, Bihu, 2017. "Becoming a backpacker in China: A grounded theory approach to identity construction of backpackers," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 114-125.
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